Gaiden ― Later story (2)
There was a smart, knocking on the door again.
“Professor Evangeline? may I come in?”
“no.”
Evangeline responded with a voice that seemed to have lost some of its power to the voice coming from behind the locked door.
It was also the voice I made when I was conscious of the gaze of others, not when I was alone.
“… The door will be open soon, so please wait.”
“No, you don’t have to.”
With those words, the door opened immediately with a click.
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Obviously, it wasn’t enough that Evangeline had put a few locks on it, so the door that had even done some magical action was of no use to Gina.
“Hi oppa. Hello professor.”
The door opened and Gina, dressed in the academy’s uniform, poked her head out.
Gina, who was wearing a ribbon indicating that she was in the same grade as me, looked at me and smiled once, then looked at Evangeline and asked.
“Did I ever disturb you?”
“… No, the consultation has just ended.”
“Ah, that’s good.”
Gina said so and motioned for me to get up.
As I stood up, Gina bowed her head towards Evangeline, still grinning.
“Then, is it okay if I get my brother back now? I have a place to go together for student council work.”
“… … .”
Evangeline nodded her head as if yes.
Gina smiled and gestured once more as if to approach this side.
As I headed towards the door, I looked down at Evangeline.
“Thank you for your concern, Evangeline. No, Professor.”
“okay.”
Evangeline looked at me and smiled.
“Come to me if you have any concerns. Even then, good coffee… .”
Meanwhile, I did not miss the sight of Evangeline’s glance towards the cup of coffee.
I quickly picked up the mug and drank the coffee she had brewed before I realized I hadn’t drank a single sip.
A few days ago, something similar happened to me, because I remembered how depressed and discouraged she was when she realized she hadn’t had coffee back then.
It was unbelievable to think about the sight of her eyes, which had always been relaxed and rational, swaying without mercy.
“… Oh, I’m sorry. I couldn’t hear what you said to stop drinking.”
After she had finished drinking her coffee, she took off the shichimi and when she said that, her lips were twitching with a reminded expression, as if she was trying to hold back something.
She quickly regained her composure and waved her hand as if nothing had happened.
“No, it’s not a big deal, and I said that you should come to me later whenever it’s convenient for you. Anytime you come, I’ll give you a cup of coffee.”
“Yes, I will.”
Without going out, I told her my honest feelings.
“The coffee was really good.”
With those words, he carefully closed the door.
Gina, who was waiting for me outside, for some reason, was staring at me beyond the door, not me.
“Gina? Why is that, what’s going on?”
“yes? Oh no. Nothing.”
While Gina was answering that, a loud noise resounded in the room.
Gina burst into laughter at the sound that sounded like cheers.
“cute… .”
“what?”
“Not my brother.”
Gina said so and looked at me with a soft gaze.
“brother.”
“… Why again? Why are you looking at people with those eyes again?”
“Are five not enough? What kind of Middle Eastern lord are you?”
“What?”
“No matter what country, can’t really cover more than that?”
“What are you talking about, darling?”
I shook my head wildly, kicking my tongue out loud so that I could hear Jina passing through my counter-question.
Then he turned around and started walking first.
I quickly moved forward and walked along the hallway with the boy, keeping pace with him.
“But what about the student council? Why is the student council calling me?”
“First of all, my brother is also an honorary member. So, the president of the ‘seondae’ student council said very strongly that we should call.”
“Yes, your sister?”
I stopped walking in response to that answer.
As I was looking into the child’s eyes, Gina muttered in a fat voice with her lips sticking out.
“Yes, Yoo Ji-hyuk’s sister, Ye-eun Lee, did that.”
“Hey, Gina… .”
“Oh, why are you like this? Do you know me, Yoo Ji-hyuk?”
… There were some complicated circumstances involved in Gina acting like this.
In the world, I was Lee Ye-eun’s only younger brother, and I was treated as the leader of the Seegye Tree clan and the next successor.
And, of course, there were many stories about my background or birth that suddenly popped out.
However, Yeeun Lee dismissed all such opinions and said, ‘Yoo Ji-hyuk is my only younger brother who inherited the same blood as me, and if anyone doubts or speaks nonsense, malicious slander against me and the World Tree clan. I will accept it as ‘.’
But when Gina appeared, the story was twisted.
Almost everyone around me knew that Gina was my sister.
Even Yeeun Lee, in her case, was a person who knew very well how much they depended on each other and the fact that they were each other’s only family because of Sbangali, so she and Gina were able to peek into my memories and heart.
But now that Gina came, I couldn’t even reveal that she was my sister.
It was because we had already come too far to correct the facts, and whether we liked it or not, the public’s attention was focused on me and Yeeun Lee.
Moreover, it was a car that felt that interest in it had grown even more these days, perhaps because of the fact that the ‘world tree clan that has barely returned from missing for two years’ has gained weight.
There was no way he could reveal to other people the circumstances surrounding Gina, me, and Yeeun Lee.
In the end, he said that he would understand the situation after hearing all the stories.
‘I’m not Hong Gil-dong, and I can’t even call my real brother my brother… At Gina’s muttering, ‘, of course, Yeeun Lee had to work hard to relieve Gina’s heart for a while.
“Oh, yes. Gina, where are we going to play this weekend? Gina, you like to watch fish. Would you like to go to the aquarium together?”
Then, for some reason, Gina looked at me with cold eyes and asked.
“Alone?”
“Yeah, just the two of us.”
“ha.”
Gina let out a small sigh.
“… Call others too. In particular, Han Su-young, Lee Ye-eun, Jin Ye-seul, Lee Yu-na, and Minerva must be called.”
After thinking for a moment, Gina nodded and added.
“And try to recommend it to Professor Evangeline.”
Having said that, Gina sighed once more.
“brother. Did you still think I’d be sloppy about it at all? How the hell do you see me as a child?”
“No, I am not… .”
“Isn’t it like that? Then what?”
I couldn’t say anything at the sight of Gina staring at me while saying that.
It wasn’t a story about being stabbed in the corner.
No matter how many times I looked at it, it was because the image in front of me was so unrealistic.
“… … .”
Gina, who is in front of me right now, is not of her original age, but about 10 years younger.
It was also similar to the appearance in my last memory.
But Gina’s original age was probably the same age as me, or maybe even older.
As you can see from the letter he left for me, when Gina was the same age as me, she finished all preparations and battled the fragments of Yuno, and eventually lost and was sealed for hundreds of years.
Besides, I heard that even after being involved in an accident, I barely woke up from a coma after about a year, and had spent more than half a year in rehabilitation.
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On the day we met again, Jina didn’t say anything, just hugged me and cried endlessly.
And I haven’t shed a single tear since that day.
… Gina, the one I remember, was a child with many tears.
He was a sensitive child and had a soft heart, and was the kind of child who felt sad when he saw a dying animal.
But what the hell has he been through and what years have he endured to make him so strong?
It must have been a time I could never have imagined.
I should forget, I should forget, but these thoughts and regrets would always come out suddenly, like bugs that appeared from cracks in the wall.
Like worms to moth me.
And Gina, noticing my condition, quickly stretched out her hands and grabbed my face.
Black eyes similar to mine were staring at me.
“There you go, uncle. Do you still hear the sound of rolling your eyes because you are thinking strangely?”
“Gina, I.”
“quiet.”
A shriek sound was heard along with a whispering voice.
“Did I say that clearly? I’m okay now, it’s not my brother’s fault, it’s all in the past, and above all, it’s all over now, so please don’t feel sorry for thinking about it.
“… … .”
“Anyway… It’s time to stop. How long are you going to be so sorry for me?”
Then, Gina suddenly smiled mischievously and muttered in a low voice.
“Ugh, people will misunderstand this when they see it. Me and my brother are supposed to be neighborhood childhood friends, right?”
“… … .”
As Gina said, externally, the two of us were ‘childhood friends who lived and played in the same neighborhood’.
It was time to quickly let go of Gina, saying that if other people misunderstood seeing this kind of thing, it would hurt again.
But one step earlier, the sound of clicking and taking pictures was heard.
The two of us immediately turned our heads and looked at it.
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Obviously I didn’t feel anything.
I was blaming myself for making a stupid mistake, but as soon as I saw the person who took the picture, I was at a loss for words.
“Wow… wow… .”
The person who took the photo was none other than Jin Ye-seul.
She was holding the phone with trembling hands.
Gulping and swallowing her saliva, looking at the picture she had just taken, her face was clearly immersed in ecstasy.
“So good, I don’t know… What is this, it’s so good… .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
… It was a digression, but because of Jin Ye-seul’s strong hopes, Gina was walking with her.
Since she was Gina who liked Jin Ye Seul the most among the characters in the original story, Ye Seul’s suggestion must have been a welcome story for Gina as well.
The problem was that I had received such an offer when I had no idea that Gina had a liking for Gina more than Yeseul was fond of and obsessed with me.
“Yesul sister.”
Gina smiled as if she was used to it and waved her hand towards Jin Ye-seul.
Then, Ye-seul smiled brightly and ran straight to us, but Sbangali saw it and muttered quietly.
[It’s like a big dog that wags its tail. No, it’s closer to a wolf.]
… I couldn’t deny his words.
* * *
“Oh, Jihyuk.”
“I’ll forget your face, man.”
When we entered the student council room, the first people who greeted us were Kim Yu-hyeon and Lee Hyun-seong.
The two, who were members of the same team as me in the past, were in charge of accounting and auditing in their respective student councils.
“The president left for a while. The other guests are inside, so go inside. Jihyuk has been waiting for you a lot, right?”
Gina opened her mouth at Kim Yoo-hyun’s words.
Yesul stood behind Gina like that and hugged her tightly in case she ran away.
“Well, then, shall we wait here? sister?”
Yesul nodded without answering, and Gina smiled bitterly as if she was just in trouble.
Kim Yu-hyeon and Lee Hyun-sung started to do their own thing as if they were used to it.
“This is Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
When I knocked on the door of the office dedicated to the president, I heard a voice that was much more mature than it had been two years ago.
“It’s Jihyuk, come in.”
At her words, I opened the door and entered, Yeeun Lee, who had her green hair brushed forward and tied up, got up and greeted me.
She looked towards this side with a gentle smile as always.
“Isn’t it because you’re busy?”
“it’s okay. You don’t have to worry.”
After answering that, I looked at the other guests sitting around her.
All three of them were unexpected guests, and I forgot what to say for a moment because of a combination that didn’t suit me at all, but I immediately came to my senses and greeted them.
“Have you been at peace, old man?”
“Well. Thanks for your concern, I’m doing well.”
Nam Hyeon-hwa smiled kindly at my greeting and nodded his head.
“It’s been a while, Horie-san.”
“Likewise, it’s been a long time. Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
Horie Yuzuki smiled broadly and waved her hand toward this side.
I finally looked at the woman who was sitting with an awkward expression towards this side.
“Lydia… Right?”
“Yes, it’s been a while. benefactor.”
Lydia nodded and bowed her head towards me.
Hyun-Hwa Nam.
Horie Yuzuki.
and Lydia.
Why is it that three people who do not get along at all and have no contact points are gathered together like this?
With that in mind, I couldn’t help myself at all, so Yuzuki Horie took something out of her arms and handed it to me.
“Here you go. I thought it would be right to give it myself, so I brought it here.”
“What is this?”
Her face turned slightly red at my question.
“It’s a wedding invitation.”